Ukraine has started receiving natural gas from Russia once again, after making its advanced payment last Friday, Russian natural gas company Gazprom confirmedÌýTuesday.
The legal procedure for Russia toÌýexport gas to UkraineÌýbegan when Ukraine's Naftogaz company pre-paid $378 million onÌýDec.Ìý5 for the receipt ofÌýoneÌýbillion cubic meters of gas.
"Naftogaz applied for the 43.5 million cubic meters per day of gas today,"ÌýSergey Kupriyanov, a Gazprom official said. Since Ukraine paidÌýin advance, the gas flow restarted at 10:00 am local time on Tuesday.
Russia had cut its gas flow to Ukraine in June due to billions of dollars in missed installments for past gas deliveries.Ìý
Russia, the EU and Ukraine agreed onÌýthe terms of payment and the restart ofÌýgas exports on Oct.Ìý30.
Reporting byÌýJames Slavyanski and Writing by Zeynep Beyza Karabay
Anadolu Agency
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